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Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better.

The Apple iPad has finally arrived, and, as I predicted a while back, it’s really just a big iPod Touch. That’s great. I love my iPod Touch. But, really, is there anything here that Linux can’t do just as well for less money?

Now, I do think that the iPad might be a game-changer. But, I [...]

Archos 5: The Linux Internet tablet for everyone

I honestly didn’t expect much from the Archos 5 Internet tablet. I was wrong. This Android Linux powered device is more than just another would-be iPod Touch competitor; it’s a powerful touch computer in its own right.

The Archos 5 is a do it all hand-held device. While it’s no iPhone, it does everything else. Personally, [...]

Much ado about nothing or Apple TV

Yesterday’s Apple announcements had analysts and fans alike drooling at the possibilities of a tablet-sized Apple iPod Touch, others saw a Web browser and iPhone/iPod applets for the Apple TV, and there was the eternal rumor of a Blu-Ray DVD being added to the Apple TV. In the event, there was, drum roll please, no [...]

The affordable Mac

The conventional wisdom is that Macs are expensive. Microsoft ads make a big deal about how much more computer you can get for the money. Nonsense. Actually, you can get a perfectly good Mac for cheap: the Mac mini, which can do everything its bigger, more expensive, brothers do for a lot less.

The bottom of [...]

Moonlight 2 arrives and falls flat on its face

The other day, Novell’s Mono Project, announced the beta release of Moonlight 2. IN theory, this enables Linux users to watch Microsoft Silverlight encoded content. Of course, that begs the question: “What Silverlight content?”

Moonlight 2 beta sounds great. Novell states that it’s the equivalent of Microsoft Silverlight 2 and that it “gives users a platform [...]